Aslan Maskhadov Quotes

Aslan Maskhadov — Chechen Politician born on September 21, 1951, died on March 08, 2005

Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (Chechen: Аслан Али кӏант Масхадан, Aslan Ali kant Masxadaŋ, Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) was a leader of the Chechen independence movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria... (wikipedia)

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.

I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.

It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.

We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.

Aslan Maskhadov Quotes

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